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Burundi Economy 2012

SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Burundi Economy 2012
SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 15,

Economy - overview:
Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. The economy is predominantly agricultural which accounts for just over 30% of GDP and employs more than 90% of the population. Burundi's primary exports are coffee and tea, which account for 90% of foreign exchange earnings, though exports are a relatively small share of GDP. Burundi's export earnings - and its ability to pay for imports - rests primarily on weather conditions and international coffee and tea prices. The Tutsi minority, 14% of the population, dominates the coffee trade. An ethnic-based war that lasted for over a decade resulted in more than 200,000 deaths, forced more than 48,000 refugees into Tanzania, and displaced 140,000 others internally. Only one in two children go to school, and approximately one in 15 adults has HIV/AIDS. Food, medicine, and electricity remain in short supply. Less than 2% of the population has electricity in its homes. Burundi's GDP grew around 4% annually in 2006-11. Political stability and the end of the civil war have improved aid flows and economic activity has increased, but underlying weaknesses - a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, a poor transportation network, overburdened utilities, and low administrative capacity - risk undermining planned economic reforms. The purchasing power of most Burundians has decreased as wage increases have not kept up with inflation. Burundi will continue to remain heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and multilateral donors--Burundi's foreign aid represents 42% of its national income, the second highest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa; the delay of funds after a corruption scandal cut off bilateral aid in 2007 reduced government's revenues and its ability to pay salaries. Burundi joined the East African Community, which should boost Burundi's regional trade ties, and received $700 million in debt relief in 2009. Government corruption is also hindering the development of a healthy private sector as companies seek to navigate an environment with ever-changing rules.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$3.672 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172

$3.468 billion (2010 est.)
$3.366 billion (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP country ranks ]

GDP (official exchange rate):
$1.7 billion (2011 est.)
[see also: GDP (official exchange rate) country ranks ]

GDP - real growth rate:
4.2% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95

3.9% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$400 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 222

$400 (2010 est.)
$400 (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP - per capita country ranks ]

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 31.1%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 21.5%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - industry country ranks ]
services: 47.4% (2011 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]

Labor force:
4.245 million (2007)
country comparison to the world: 86
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 93.6%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 2.3%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 4.1% (2002 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]

Unemployment rate:
NA%
[see also: Unemployment rate country ranks ]

Population below poverty line:
68% (2002 est.)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 28% (2006)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
42.4 (1998)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]

Investment (gross fixed):
35.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Investment (gross fixed) country ranks ]

Budget:
revenues: $420.8 million
[see also: Budget revenues country ranks ]
expenditures: $559.1 million (2011 est.)
[see also: Budget expenditures country ranks ]

Taxes and other revenues:
24.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: Taxes and other revenues country ranks ]

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-8.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187
[see also: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) country ranks ]

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184

6.4% (2010 est.)
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]

Central bank discount rate:
11.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31

10% (31 December 2009 est.)
[see also: Central bank discount rate country ranks ]

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
17% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73

12.4% (31 December 2010 est.)
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]

Stock of narrow money:
$383.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166

$313.7 million (31 December 2009 est.)
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]

Stock of broad money:
$520.6 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176

$628.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]

Stock of domestic credit:
$426.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172

$437.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]

Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]

Agriculture - products:
coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides

Industries:
light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing

Industrial production growth rate:
7% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Industrial production growth rate country ranks ]

Electricity - production:
208 million kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
[see also: Electricity - production country ranks ]

Electricity - consumption:
273.4 million kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2009 est.)
[see also: Electricity - exports country ranks ]

Electricity - imports:
80 million kWh; note - supplied by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008 est.)
[see also: Electricity - imports country ranks ]

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]

Oil - consumption:
3,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]

Oil - imports:
2,450 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
[see also: Natural gas - production country ranks ]

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]

Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]

Current account balance:
-$214 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84

-$157.5 million (2010 est.)
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]

Exports:
$106.7 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191

$87.2 million (2010 est.)
[see also: Exports country ranks ]

Exports - commodities:
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides

Exports - partners:
Germany 27.5%, Pakistan 10.3%, Belgium 5.7%, Rwanda 5%, US 4.2%, China 4.1% (2010)

Imports:
$543 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187

$506.7 million (2010 est.)
[see also: Imports country ranks ]

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 15.8%, Uganda 7.8%, Belgium 7.6%, China 7.5%, Kenya 6.9%, Zambia 6.4%, France 4.2% (2010)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$409.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155

$332.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]

Debt - external:
$1.2 billion (2003)
country comparison to the world: 151
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]

Exchange rates:
Burundi francs (BIF) per US dollar -

1,251.3 (2011 est.)
1,138.25 (2010 est.)
1,230.18 (2009)
1,198 (2008)
1,065 (2007)


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Burundi on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burundi Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
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  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order






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